Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Professor, Galley Copies of Books
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4038
Galley copies of books delivered to Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., apparently for review. Gates is a distinguished scholar of African-American history at Harvard University.
English
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Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr., (born September 16, 1950) is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Literary scholar, filmmaker, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored seventeen books and created thirteen documentary films and film series. Having written for such leading publications as "The New Yorker", "The New York Times", and "Time", Professor Gates serves as editor-in-chief of TheRoot.com and oversees the Oxford African American Studies Center. [Adapted from Wikipedia, 2014-09-23.]
There are two books in the History Center book collection regarding the history of the Gates family:
1. Ailes, Jane E. The Descendants of Jane Gates. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 2008. (WVC, 929.2, G222ai)
2. Ailes, Jane and Johnik Cerny. Ancestors of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia from Africa, West Africa, and Europe. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010. (WVC, 929.2, G222an)
8.75 Linear Feet (Summary: 8 ft. 9 in. (7 record cartons, 15 in. each))
Galley copies of books delivered to Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., apparently for review. Gates is a distinguished scholar of African-American history at Harvard University. See Scope and Content Note for contents list.
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